[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 231 (Monday, December 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69057-69058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26399]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22BB; Docket No. CDC-2021-0127]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Building Resilience Against 
Climate Effects (BRACE) Performance Measures.'' The National Center for 
Environmental Health's Climate and Health Program (CHP) supports U.S. 
cities and states to build and enhance resilience to the health impacts 
of climate change.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 4, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0127 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7118; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Performance 
Measures--New--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this information collection request (ICR) is to 
continue the Climate and Health Program (CHP) monitoring of recipient 
programs' planning and delivery of public health activities and 
adaptation strategies under a new cooperative agreement Building 
Resilience Against Climate Effects: Implementing and Evaluating 
Adaptation Strategies that Protect and Promote Human Health (CDC-RFA-
EH21-2101). CDC collects information related to each recipient's 
strategies and activities through performance measures (PMs) outlined 
by the cooperative agreement. A new PM electronic reporting tool has 
been developed, which will allow recipients to report PM information in 
a streamlined way that will also enhance CHP's ability to analyze and 
use the information quickly to help support the program. Since its 
inception, the National Center for Environmental Health's (NCEH) CHP 
has funded state and local health departments or their agents as they 
prepare for and respond to the health effects that a changing climate 
will bring to the communities they serve. The

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primary funding mechanism for building climate resilience has been the 
Climate Ready States and Cities Initiative. The most recent notice of 
funding opportunity for the initiative is titled ``Building Resilience 
Against Climate Effects: Implementing and Evaluation Adaptation 
Strategies that protect and Promote Human Health'' (NOFO No. CDC RFA-
EH21-2101).
    We propose to collect PM data from up to 38 cooperative agreement 
recipients (state, local, and territorial health departments, or 
programs). The information will be used for multiple purposes: (1) To 
demonstrate program achievements, including positive effects in 
community or population health; (2) to build stronger evidence base for 
adaptations to climate change; (3) to demonstrate adaptation 
applicability and effectiveness across different populations, settings, 
and contexts; and (4) to support continuous improvement of the funded 
adaptation actions and their implementation. Recipients will submit 
standardized PM data on an annual basis via a newly developed 
electronic reporting tool, through a CDC-supported secure data 
collection and management system called REDCap.
    CDC/NCEH requests OMB approval for and estimated 198 total annual 
burden hours. There are no costs to the respondents other than their 
time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (in hr)         (in hr)
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BRACE Cooperative Agreement     Performance                   38               1          312/60             198
 Recipients.                     Measures
                                 Reporting Tool.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             198
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-26399 Filed 12-3-21; 8:45 am]
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